BotB (Weeks 15-16)

In this 16-team tournament started in Week 15, the winner of each 4-player group from Round 1 advances to the A-Championship in Week 16. The second place finisher in each group advances to the B-Championship. After Week 16, $30 plus a t-shirt and free entry in our forthcoming NFL Playoffs Challenge is awarded to the A-Champion, $15 plus a t-shirt to the B-Champion and a t-shirt for 3rd place. Champions, plus the 3rd place finisher (runner-up in A-Championship) each receive the medal icon plus 20, 10 and 5 achievement points, respectively, towards their Leaderboard ranking.

A-Championship
Luxuriousdusti vs. Bigchief37 vs. mikemar vs. laoch

The winner is . . .

laoch

Wk 16 – BotB – $0

W

L

PF

PA

Dif

1. laoch

2

1

395.2

359.4

35.8

2. mikemar

2

1

397.6

388.6

9.0

3. Bigchief37

1

2

381.5

391.7

-10.2

4. Luxuriousdusti

1

2

365.6

400.2

-34.6

laoch wins the A-Championship group using the head-to-head tie-breaker over mikemar.

Thanks everyone for playing this season! It was a blast as usual! Of course we aren’t quite done yet, with the NFL Playoffs on tap, but this closes out our tournaments, and we’ll bring these back bigger and better next season!

Showdowns are 4-player, 1-week round robin, winner-take-all format events. They are essentially a mini-tournament, and a great way to play a trio of games in a single week and show off your skills winning a group beyond individual matches. Showdown winners also receive the sword icon and 2.5 achievement points towards their Leaderboard ranking for the win.

Check out the Throwdown Showdown page for rules, links to past results and to sign up for Week 17.

The end of football season is near! No wait, lets be positive about this. The NFL Playoffs and Super Bowl are almost here, and our NFL Playoffs Challenge is back (last year)!

Sign up to play and receive specially marked Fantasy Throwdown challenges each week of the NFL Playoffs, including the Super Bowl, to be played against an independent Throwdown admin player.

Contestants earn points for wins, plus bonus points for margins of victory and for drafting the eventual Super Bowl MVP. Standings are tabulated after each week of the playoffs, and the overall winners are declared after the conclusion of Super Bowl XLIX.

It is $20 per entry, and we are capping the contest at only 20 entries, so don’t miss your chance to join! Read below for full rules and details.

Format and Rules

Once the playoff schedule is known after the conclusion of Week 17, each contestant receives two official Fantasy Throwdown challenges marked “PC” (Playoffs Challenge) for Wild-Card Weekend.

Contestants need to accept the challenges and finish their drafts against a representative from Fantasy Throwdown the week leading up to the Wild-Card Weekend games.

Once results are in after the last game on Sunday, points are awarded for wins, and standings are tabulated for the Playoffs Challenge.

Contestants earn 2 points for a win, plus a half point bonus if they win by 21 or more points. There is potential for an additional half point bonus awarded for drafting the eventual Super Bowl MVP.

All contestants each receive another two Fantasy Throwdown challenges for Divisional Playoffs, and two for Conference Championships. Points are awarded and standings updated each week.

All contestants each receive one Fantasy Throwdown challenge for Super Bowl. All available points are doubled for Super Bowl (4 points for a win, 1 point for a win by 21+, 1 point for drafting the Super Bowl MVP).

Final overall standings after the conclusion of the Super Bowl determine our overall contest winners. There is also a weekly prize for the best single week performance (all games played for one entry) after each round of the first three weeks of the playoffs (no weekly prize for the Super Bowl).

Entry Fee

$20 per entry

This contest is capped at a maximum of 20 entries. Contestants can purchase multiple entries to help increase their chances of winning.

Important Points

Contest Entry Deadline

Wild-Card Weekend games start Saturday January 3rd. The deadline to join the NFL Playoffs Challenge is Friday January 2nd at 12:00pm Eastern, to help ensure drafts are finished prior to opening kickoff of the first playoff game.

Incomplete Drafts

If a contestant fails to accept and sufficiently complete their draft (at least 7 picks made) prior to Friday at 6:00pm Eastern of that week’s games, then Fantasy Throwdown cannot guarantee the draft will be finished before opening kickoff of that playoff week. An incomplete draft will expire, and no points awarded to the contestant for that match.

Standings Tie-breakers

In the event contestants are tied in the standings based on points earned, the first tie-breaker is overall point differential. The second tie-breaker is point differential for the Super Bowl.

Multiple Entries

Contestants can purchase multiple entries. These will be marked PC1 (first entry), PC2, (second entry), PC3 (third), etc., etc. Contestants cannot combine PC1 results from one week with PC2 results from another week, for example. Each entry must be tracked separately.

This is our last Fantasy Throwdown event of the season, and perhaps your only chance to play fantasy football for the Super Bowl! Sign up today so you don’t miss out. Good luck!

The fantasy season is closing out, along with my first full year of writing at Fantasy Throwdown. Thanks to those loyal Throwdown readers/challengers for a great season, and here’s hoping you’ll all see victory this weekend (except against tttimmyg).

Many of you have already notched a lot of victories this year on the backs of players like DeMarco Murray or Antonio Brown, who have been two of the most valuable players in fantasy football and on their respective teams this season. The keys to their success are simple and threefold: A) Their team feeds them the ball, B) they are making magic happen when they touch the ball, and C) they are doing this on a consistent basis.

OR, in other words, an MVP player is a person who is given a lot of opportunity, and he produces consistently on every opportunity.

Using metrics for each of these categories (opportunities per game, points per opportunity, and consistency per game), I created a “player rater scale” to show who the most valuable players have been this year. This scale is similar to a value based drafting (VBD) chart where players are rated in a matchup-absent box. The results are below:

Player Rater Scale – PPR

The number one thing I like about this scale is tells you just how much more valuable a player is based on a comparative search of opportunity + performance + consistency. For instance, you might look at the tight end chart and think “Why is Gronk so far above the rest?” or “Why is Greg Olsen considered more valuable than Jimmy Graham, who has a higher average?” A quick look at the stats clears it up:

Player

Opp/G

PPO

Games>10 FPts

Games<10 FPts

Rob Gronkowski

8.6

2.1

13

0

Greg Olsen

8.4

1.8

11

3

Jimmy Graham

7.6

1.9

9

3

Gronk/Olsen have more targets/rushes per game, and they have higher consistency of top scoring. Olsen drops closer to Graham, though, due to the same amount of poor performances and an equal rate of points per opportunity.

Second Half Superstars

Grabbing top end players off the player rating scale has proved a very viable strategy in Throwdown games this year, and you should continue to grab these MVPs. If you apply the same rating scale to the second half only, you come up with some interesting trends that can push you over the top.

For instance, from the start of Week 10, Le’Veon Bell is the clear running back MVP, and outpaces the field by wide margin. His score is 100, of course, but the next closest running back scores out at 73. I won approximately 70% of games over the past two weeks with one strategy leading the way. Choose pick first option, ensure Steelers game is in the mix, and select Le’Veon Bell first. Knowing that opponent will select Antonio Brown next, I simply make sure there are as many 70+ rated receivers in the game, with very few running backs (if possible).

Another strategy is allowing fading players, like Emmanuel Sanders and Jeremy Maclin, to go first, while selecting a higher rated player, lower drafted player (ADP) like Julian Edelman later in the draft.

The chart below will give you insight into the last five games’ MVP at each position. A 5 game scale has higher gaps in it, but you will also notice that quarterback, for instance, has several viable options (including a fading Peyton Manning); whereas, running back and tight end, similar to value based drafting, have a clear top end and larger gaps from top to bottom.

Using these three keys (opportunity + performance + consistency) can aid in your victories over those top leaderboard fellows. Good Luck and Merry Christmas!

Player Rater Scale – PPR (weeks 10-15)

In the vast majority of “standard” fantasy football leagues, Week 16 is Championship Week. After a long and arduous season, two teams remain. They have survived The Year of the Injured Linebacker, which claimed another victim in Week 15 when waiver wire darling Chris Borland of the San Francisco 49ers hurt his ankle.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JncgoPKklVE

Yeah, that about covers it.

Of course, in weekly IDP leagues such as those here at Fantasy Throwdown, every week is Championship Week. Sadly though, Week 16 also marks the end of the line for this column. I hope it was of at least some small value to those of you who like to live on the wild side by playing in the IDP leagues offered here at Fantasy Throwdown.

However, with any luck at all you’ll be seeing me again come September.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JncgoPKklVE

Oh, blow it out your Jingle Bells.

So, with a sad heart but two eyes firmly on the prize, here’s a look at the top 10 IDP options at the three “major” positions and a couple of less-than-household names who should be solid Week 16 matchup plays.

I hope that all of you and your families have a wonderful holiday season.

Jurrell Casey – DE, TEN (at JAX)
Thursday night’s game between the two-win Titans and two-win Jaguars may be the single-worst matchup in the history of Thursday Night Football, which is saying something given some of the God-awful games we’ve seen since TNF became a weekly event. However, if there’s one thing worth watching Thursday night for IDP owners it’s probably Casey, who squares off with a Jaguars team that has allowed a staggering 62 sacks in 2014.

Olivier Vernon – DE, MIA (vs. MIN)
After racking up a career-high 11.5 sacks a year ago, Vernon’s numbers are down in his third NFL season. Still, Vernon pledged to WQAM-Radio that he’s going to get after it in a favorable IDP matchup Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings. “You have to be relentless out there man, because you never know when your opportunity is going to come up to make a big play and change the game,” Vernon said. “You have to take that mindset on every snap.”

Christian Jones – OLB, CHI (at DET)
The Bears defense has been an injury-ravaged dumpster fire in 2014, but those injuries have meant significant playing time for Jones. According to John Mullin of CSN Chicago, head coach Marc Trestman thinks Jones has made the most of those opportunities. “He’s stepping up,” said Trestman. “He’s running to the football. You can see the growth in practice; the learning curve is getting much better. But he’s part of this young group of guys that we have that are getting opportunities and making the most out of them.”

Perry Riley – ILB, WAS (vs. PHI)
The Washington Redskins are a team littered with disappointments, and to be frank for most of the season Riley has been among them. However, there’s also no denying that Riley’s statistical production has spiked since Keenan Robinson got hurt, to the tune of 20 total tackles over the past two weeks. This week’s matchup with the Eagles isn’t especially favorable, but if Robinson sits again (and there’s no reason for Washington to rush him back) Riley’s a good bet for IDP LB2 production that can probably be had on the cheap.

Bashaud Breeland – CB, WAS (vs. PHI)
There exists in the realm of IDP something known as the “Rookie Corner Rule.” Simply put, rookie cornerbacks sometimes see a spike in fantasy football because NFL quarterbacks like to make them cry. Breeland has been the poster child for this rule in 2014, and the former Clemson standout has posted big numbers more than once this season when the matchup was right. Well, Saturday’s matchup with an Eagles team giving up the most fantasy points to defensive backs is about as right as it gets.

George Wilson – SS, TEN (at JAX)
Wilson, who was pressed into the starting lineup when Bernard Pollard was lost for the season, has been riding a hot streak of late, ranking inside DB1 territory over the past three weeks. This week Wilson and the Titans face a Jaguars squad that’s been surprisingly kind to opposing defensive backs. As in top-five in fantasy points allowed to the position kind. Just please, for the love of God, don’t actually watch the game. I like you too much to ask you to do that.

Have a question regarding a specific player or game? Hit me up on Twitter and I’ll do my best to help!

Gary Davenport is a Senior Staff Writer at Fantasy Sharks, an NFL and Fantasy Football Analyst at Bleacher Report, a Contributing Author and Associate Editor at Football Diehards and a member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association and Pro Football Writers of America. Gary’s work has been featured in a number of national print publications and on both satellite and terrestrial radio, and he was a finalist for the FSWA Web Article of the Year in 2013.

BotB (Weeks 15-16)

In this 16-team tournament started in Week 15, the winner of each 4-player group from Round 1 advances to the A-Championship in Week 16. The second place finisher in each group advances to the B-Championship. After Week 16, $30 plus a t-shirt and free entry in our forthcoming NFL Playoffs Challenge is awarded to the A-Champion, $15 plus a t-shirt to the B-Champion and a t-shirt for 3rd place. Champions, plus the 3rd place finisher (runner-up in A-Championship) each receive the medal icon plus 20, 10 and 5 achievement points, respectively, towards their Leaderboard ranking.

The Round 1 group results are final. Detailed group standings and game results are shown below. Our A-Championship and B-Championship, to be played in Week 16, are as follows:

A-Championship
Luxuriousdusti vs. Bigchief37 vs. mikemar vs. laoch

B-Championship
Doclate vs. uswjnk85 vs. rhazes_darkk vs. thunder

Thanks to all of our participants, and congrats to each of our players advancing from Round 1 to the Championship round. The games can be found on your Game Manager or My Throwdown page soon. Good luck!

Group A

Wk 15 – BotB – $0

W

L

PF

PA

Dif

1. Luxuriousdusti

3

0

460.3

376.6

83.7

2. Doclate

2

1

382.9

365.4

17.6

3. Wilforkisland

1

2

277.0

313.8

-36.8

4. awilde27

0

3

227.3

291.8

-64.5

Luxuriousdusti wins the group with a perfect 3-0 record. Doclate finishes second with a 2-1 record.

Wilforkisland

130.75

Doclate

143

Wilforkisland

145.25

Luxuriousdusti

170.75

awilde27

0

Wilforkisland

1

Doclate

105.25

Luxuriousdusti

133.4

Doclate

134.65

awilde27

101.2

Luxuriousdusti

156.1

awilde27

126.1

Group B

Wk 15 – BotB – $0

W

L

PF

PA

Dif

1. Bigchief37

2

1

376.1

343.1

33.0

2. uswjnk85

2

1

325.5

328.2

-2.8

3. JeffNFL

1

2

397.7

363.6

34.1

4. Ditka

1

2

303.8

368.0

-64.3

Bigchief37 wins the group using the head-to-head tie-breaker over uswjnk85, who finishes second.

JeffNFL

108.95

uswjnk85

132.2

JeffNFL

141.95

Ditka

81.3

Bigchief37

150.1

JeffNFL

146.75

uswjnk85

111.5

Ditka

107.85

uswjnk85

81.75

Bigchief37

111.4

Ditka

114.6

Bigchief37

114.55

Group C

Wk 15 – BotB – $0

W

L

PF

PA

Dif

1. mikemar

3

0

435.0

305.3

129.7

2. rhazes_darkk

2

1

343.0

355.3

-12.3

3. tttimmyg

1

2

363.3

359.6

3.8

4. mkmayers

0

3

338.4

459.5

-121.2

mikemar wins the group with a perfect 3-0 record. rhazes_darkk finishes second with a 2-1 record.

rhazes_darkk

86.25

mikemar

131.35

rhazes_darkk

115.8

tttimmyg

113.95

mkmayers

110

rhazes_darkk

140.95

mikemar

141.9

tttimmyg

92.55

mikemar

161.75

mkmayers

126.5

tttimmyg

156.8

mkmayers

101.85

Group D

Wk 15 – BotB – $0

W

L

PF

PA

Dif

1. laoch

3

0

402.1

337.6

64.6

2. thunder

1

2

364.9

367.5

-2.6

3. kwinkelman07

1

2

327.2

340.8

-13.6

4. gtrain

1

2

362.2

410.5

-48.4

laoch wins the group with a perfect 3-0 record. thunder finishes second using the points differential tie-breaker over kwinkelman07 and gtrain.

Tournaments are larger scale, elimination competitions, with players split into groups, each attempting to advance from their group through a bracket to the Championship.

Tournaments are usually run over a consecutive two, three or four week span, depending on the number of players involved. Tournaments are the toughest competitions to win given the larger field, and hence offer the most reward. If you want to join a new tournament, check the Throwdown Tournament information and sign up page.

#9 – Free Entry Tourney (Weeks 14-15)

In this 16-team, free entry tournament started in Week 14, the winner of each 4-player group from Round 1 advances to the A-Championship in Week 15. The second place finisher in each group advances to the B-Championship. After Week 15, $10 is awarded to the A-Champion and $5 to the B-Champion. Champions, plus the 3rd place finisher (runner-up in A-Championship) each receive the medal icon plus 10, 5 and 2.5 achievement points, respectively, towards their Leaderboard ranking.

A-Championship
tttimmyg vs. laoch vs. thunder vs. Doclate

The winner is . . .

tttimmyg

Wk 15 – TT9 – $0

W

L

PF

PA

Dif

1. tttimmyg

3

0

377.3

276.6

100.7

2. thunder

1

2

329.9

316.3

13.6

3. Doclate

1

2

311.8

318.2

-6.4

4. laoch

1

2

251.5

359.4

-108.0

tttimmyg wins the A-Championship group with a perfect 3-0 record. thunder finishes second using the points differential tie-breaker over Doclate and laoch.

Showdowns are 4-player, 1-week round robin, winner-take-all format events. They are essentially a mini-tournament, and a great way to play a trio of games in a single week and show off your skills winning a group beyond individual matches. Showdown winners also receive the sword icon and 2.5 achievement points towards their Leaderboard ranking for the win.

Check out the Throwdown Showdown page for rules, links to past results and to sign up for Week 16.

#49 – Ditka vs. Wilforkisland vs. jeffNFL vs. mikemar

Wk 15 – TS49 – $5

W

L

PF

PA

Dif

1. jeffNFL

2

1

300.4

286.8

13.6

2. mikemar

2

1

329.4

332.3

-2.9

3. Ditka

1

2

333.3

295.1

38.3

4. Wilforkisland

1

2

302.0

350.9

-49.0

jeffNFL wins the group using the head-to-head tie-breaker over mikemar.

Ditka

136.15

Wilforkisland

57.85

Ditka

96.95

jeffNFL

106.75

mikemar

130.45

Ditka

100.2

Wilforkisland

125.2

jeffNFL

80.5

Wilforkisland

118.9

mikemar

134.25

jeffNFL

113.15

mikemar

64.65

#50 – Ditka vs. gtrain vs. rhazes_darkk vs. Wilforkisland

Wk 15 – TS50 – $2

W

L

PF

PA

Dif

1. rhazes_darkk

2

1

323.7

322.4

1.3

2. Wilforkisland

2

1

373.3

353.1

20.3

3. Ditka

1

2

334.4

358.2

-23.9

4. gtrain

1

2

336.0

333.7

2.3

rhazes_darkk wins the group using the head-to-head tie-breaker over Wilforkisland.

Ditka

124.25

gtrain

119.9

Ditka

89.8

rhazes_darkk

94.15

Wilforkisland

144.15

Ditka

120.3

gtrain

122.4

rhazes_darkk

90.45

gtrain

93.7

Wilforkisland

119

rhazes_darkk

139.05

Wilforkisland

110.15

#53 – mikemar vs. thunder vs. Wilforkisland vs. rhazes_darkk

Wk 15 – TS53 – $2

W

L

PF

PA

Dif

1. mikemar

2

1

388.1

337.4

50.7

2. rhazes_darkk

2

1

324.1

306.4

17.8

3. thunder

2

1

342.2

342.4

-0.2

4. Wilforkisland

0

3

313.1

381.3

-68.2

mikemar wins the group using the points differential tie-breaker over rhazes_darkk and thunder.

I didn’t picture Gary as a Clark Griswold of Christmas, but he appears to fit the bill. Oh, and apparently he isn’t done decorating yet.

The 2014 NFL season has entered its final month, and just as families far and wide are putting the finishing touches on their Christmas lights (that picture doesn’t do ours justice, and I’m not even finished yet) fantasy owners in “standard” leagues are putting the finishing touches on what they hope will be a championship run.

Of course, that isn’t the case in Weekly IDP leagues such as the ones at Fantasy Throwdown. Here, every week is Christmas – a season in and of itself.

With that in mind, let’s cast a fresh set of eyes toward Week 15. Sure, our standard teams may have come nowhere near the postseason, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still find some holiday joy, by using these top-10 rankings and under the radar IDP plays to propel us to fantasy glory.

You know, if I’m going to ham-fistedly jam holiday references into this article, I ought to try to get some sort of corporate sponsorship. A nice big retail chain, maybe those light-up animal pillows.

Jurrell Casey – DE, TEN (vs. NYJ)
After amassing 10.5 sacks last season for the Titans, Casey’s numbers are down in that department in his first year as a 3-4 defensive end. However, solid tackle numbers (59 stops so far this season) have helped the fourth-year pro maintain a degree of IDP value. With that said, there’s a good chance Casey will get to the quarterback this week against a New York Jets team allowing the second-most fantasy points to defensive linemen in 2014.

Damontre Moore – DE, NYG (vs. WAS)
With both Mathias Kiwanuka and Robert Ayers landing on injured reserve, Moore saw his most extensive snaps of the season last week, piling up a pair of sacks in the process. Moore told Tom Canavan of The Associated Press, “Anytime an opportunity presented itself in the past, I’ve taken advantage of it. I’ve been waiting for it a long time. I’m just waiting to step up.” Moore will get another chance to step up at home in Week 15, when the Giants host a Washington team that’s been kind to defensive linemen stats in 2014.

Danny Lansanah – OLB, TB (at CAR)
With first Lavonte David and now Mason Foster on the shelf, Lansanah has been forced into a three-down role the past few weeks. As Pat Yasinskas of ESPN reports, head coach Lovie Smith said that this week’s top-five IDP matchup with the Carolina Panthers could go a long way toward determining the third-year pro’s future with the team. “We’ll find out more these next three weeks, like we found out more about him each week he’s played,” Smith said. “I’ll just say he’s a player that’s a part of the foundation we’re building.”

Vincent Rey – OLB, CIN (at CLE)
The injury-marred fiasco that is Vontaze Burfict‘s 2014 season came to a fitting end last week, with the second-year pro landing on injured reserve thanks to his supposedly “minor” knee scope. If there’s a silver lining to Burfict’s injury it’s that IDP owners who have been rolling out his replacement in Rey have a clear path for the rest of the year, including this week’s favorable fantasy matchup with the Cleveland Browns.

Ryan Mundy – SS, CHI (vs. NO)
Just like Major Wright before him, Mundy has been a mess at the back of the Chicago defense this year. But just like Wright, Mundy has been putting up fantasy numbers, to the tune of 10th among defensive backs in Fantasy Throwdown scoring this season. There’s little reason to think Mundy won’t be among the top 10 fantasy options again this week, as the New Orleans Saints are surrendering the ninth-most fantasy points to defensive backs in 2014.

J.J. Wilcox – FS, DAL (at PHI)
Barry Church may get all the ink, but Wilcox has quietly emerged as a viable IDP option – when the matchup is right. Well, the matchup doesn’t get a whole lot better than Sunday night’s showdown in Philly against an Eagles team that’s giving up the most fantasy points to defensive backs this year. When the two teams met on Thanksgiving in Dallas, Wilcox finished third on the team with 10 total tackles.

Have a question regarding a specific player or game? Hit me up on Twitter and I’ll do my best to help!

Gary Davenport is a Senior Staff Writer at Fantasy Sharks, an NFL and Fantasy Football Analyst at Bleacher Report, a Contributing Author and Associate Editor at Football Diehards and a member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association and Pro Football Writers of America. Gary’s work has been featured in a number of national print publications and on both satellite and terrestrial radio, and he was a finalist for the FSWA Web Article of the Year in 2013.

Our final tournament of the season is underway, starting Week 15 with Championship games scheduled for Week 16.

For the final tourney I decided to make it a little more special event than usual. The following email just went out to our tourney participants about the event, aptly titled the Best of the Best Throwdown Tournament:

Gentlemen,

For our final tournament of the season at Fantasy Throwdown starting this week, I realized, albeit a little slow, that we really should do something special for this last tourney. Plus, from looking at the participants who signed up early in the week, it was a who’s-who of players from the top of our Leaderboard.

Therefore, I decided to explicitly invite players I felt were worthy to compete amongst our top players who weren’t already signed up to fill the final spots. And from that, I give you the…

Best of the Best Throwdown Tournament!

The format is the same as most of our tournaments, since I still want to run it over 2-weeks, Week 15 and 16. Players are in groups of four. The top player from each group advances to the A-Championship next week. The second place finisher advances to the B-Championship.

I did however add a Flex spot to the lineups (was tempted for two, stuck with one). We might go QB-Flex for the Championship matches.

More importantly, players are assigned to their groups by Leaderboard ranking! Here are the groups:

Group A
#1 Wilforkisland
#8 Doclate
#9 Luxuriousdusti
#29 awilde27

Group B
#2 JeffNFL
#7 uswjnk85
#10 Ditka
#25 Bigchief37

Group C
#3 rhazes_darkk
#6 mikemar
#11 tttimmyg
#19 mkmayers

Group D
#4 thunder
#5 gtrain
#14 laoch
#18 kwinkelman07

As you can see we have every player ranked #1-11 from the Leaderboard. Even some of the lower rankings are deceiving, as awilde27 was #3 in the first half of the season, and Bigchief37 has numerous special event titles under his belt from last year.

In terms of prizes, we’re going to need something a little more special than the originally planned $10 for 1st, $5 for 2nd. Lets triple it to $30 and $15. (Sorry, no Millionaire Maker here.) I still have some t-shirts but they are XL or XXL, so those are available if the size fits. I will also give a free entry in our final special event of the season, the NFL Playoffs Challenge, to 1st place.

If anyone cannot participate for whatever reason please let me know right away so I can find a replacement. If there are any questions then fire away.

Thanks!

Cheers,

Mike

If I missed anyone who felt they should have been included, I apologize. There were only 16 spots available, and I know we have many worthy competitors. It was a subjective call for the final few spots, and everyone accepted, so there wasn’t a ton of opportunity to get in unless you were already ranked at the top of the Leaderboard for the second half. You can make up for my oversight in the forthcoming NFL Playoffs Challenge!

Best of luck to our players, and everyone thanks for playing and supporting the website this season!